Daryl Dolynny

Does committee agree?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Imagine a world free of hunger. Imagine a world free from poverty, or imagine a world free from sickness. This does sound too good to be true, but in reality, we all know that this is utopian thinking, and for the practical person in all of us, we know that the world is not free at all but suffers from quite the opposite.

To combat this reality, we count on the benevolence and stewardship of non-governmental agencies to fill the gaps where public services leave off. In essence, many NGOs are the lifeblood that complement or fulfill the delivery of care, food and wellness...

Thank you, Mr. Moses. To the motion.

Question has been called.

---Carried

Committee, Bill 11 is now deemed ready for third reading. I would like to thank the Minister. I would like to thank the witness for coming in. Sergeant-at-Arms, would you please escort the witness from the Chamber.

Committee, we will turn our attention to Bill 20, An Act to Amend the Tlicho Community Government Act. With that, we will turn it over to the Minister involved with the introduction of the bill. I will ask Minister McLeod for opening comments.

Ms. Bisaro.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. The motion is in order. To the motion. Ms. Bisaro.

I appreciate the deputy minister’s clarification on the subject. My question more has to do with the realities that supplementary appropriations should be minimal, at best. These are gap-fill measures to keep us by or to consider maybe some unforeseen spending in any one department.

Given the fact that we’ve seen devolution on the forefront – it’s been through our windshield now for quite a while – I was, again, quite shocked to see the largeness of that number, given the fact that almost half of this supplementary appropriation has to do with that one line entry.

My question is: Did we not see...